Music Develops Human Potential and the Brain

Music has a far reaching and significant influencetheir thinking, stronger in imagination,
on human potential then what many people realize.communication and team work skills. Incidentally,
Today, scientists and neuromusicologist in manythese are important attributes for a successful
countries are conducting research on how musiclife, especially in the highly competitive
affects human development, our behavior,twenty-first century.
thinking, learning abilities and well being.Many government in the world such as Singapore
Dr Gordon Shaw and Dr Frances Rauscher,and the US have recognized the importance of
scientists at the University of California at Irviemusic education for the benefits of their citizens.
and many others within the brain researchThey have invested a lot of financial and human
community have shown that music has anresources at national level to promote music
extensive education and brain development value.education in their countries. In these countries,
Listening to classical music can increase memorycollaborative efforts between schools, arts
and concentration, and studying a musicorganizations and corporations are organized to
instrument has shown to increase spatialmake music and arts education a reality across
reasoning.the nation.
When music form part of your homeRecent studies show that music learning involve
environment, it creates a positive and conduciveour bran at every level. One of the research done
atmosphere for learning and aids in the acquisitionby Anne Blood at McGill University in Montreal
of early language. It was found that when musicfound that music and the arts utilize both the
is taught comprehensively and sequentially incortex and limbic systems which are essential to
schools, it increases the children performance inhelping us in learning that lasts. Music brings out
math, science, reading, history and SAT score. Inour emotion such as joy, happiness, love, sorrow
some cases, it also help children with learningand tenderness. When we make music part of
disability to become more confidence and makeour learning process, our education becomes
their learning process much easier.richer, more meaningful, long lasing and has
A person who study music and learn to playgreater impact in our lives.
musical instrument tend to be more creative in